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TeXwrapper version 0.2.2

PURPOSE

TeXwrapper allows to run TeX and some tools like BibTeX or MakeIndex at once. If an error occurs, it scans the transcript files and sends a "compiler style" error message to stderr, that is:

TeXwrapper has been implemented to facilitate the interfacing of (La)TeX with the quickfix mode of the VIM text editor. For instance, a LaTeX user may add the following lines in one of his VIM configuration file:

        set makeprg=texwrapper\ -lw
        set errorformat=%f:%l:%c:%m
        command LaTeX silent make %

The user-defined command LaTeX runs LaTeX silently on the current file. If error occur, TeXwrapper pops up a window containing the error messages (at most the sixteen first) and VIM jumps to the first error's location. Use command cn[ext] to jump to the next error and cl[ist] to get the list of all error messages.

See man page for more information.

NOTE: TeXwrapper may be useful with other text editors (like SciTE) which are able to deal with compiler's error output.

2. LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

See file `COPYING' for more details.

3. INSTALL

TeXwrapper has been developed on a GNU/Linux system, but it should build on any system where flex has been ported. As usual, type `make' and `make install'. Default installation prefix is `/usr/local/'. You may optionally build TeXwrapper_window, a GTK+ based program which pops up a window when something goes wrong, displaying a summary of the encountered errors. Type `make popup' and `make install_popup'.

4. CONTACT

The canonical home page for TeXwrapper is

<http://www.eukleides.org/obrecht/texwrapper>.

Please send bug reports and comments to <obrecht@altern.org>.